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SummaryDragons in the real world, mixed with Arthurian legend…These three quartets follow the adventures of a girl with dragon wings, a boy who breathes fire, and their eclectic group of friends as they fight dragon slayers, Nephilim, and otherworldly elements. Full of high-packed action and sword-swinging adventure, great for boys and fans of Percy Jackson.
StatsGenre: Teen (13-16 years) high fantasy with threads of political intrigue and romance.
Series length: Three books, plus prequel trilogy (The Kinsman Chronicles) Violence: Moderate fantasy violence Magic/Supernatural: Light to moderate supernatural Romance: Minimal until the end of book 2; moderate after that. Christian/spiritual element: Overt allegorical elements Recommendation: Excellent for boys or girls who enjoy medieval fantasy and high adventure You might like this book if you liked... The Lord of the Rings, Eragon, or books by Chuck Black. To Purchase
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I am a daughter of the earth, sown and rooted in the soil of the land of the dead. I am an underborn, a slave girl, a bondservant to a dark mistress of evil. For centuries I have toiled, flinching at the sound of whips, grimacing at their sting on my back, and mourning for my fellow slaves as they expired at the hands of our tormentors. One by one, they perished, and now I stand alone. This is my story, and a story of sorrow often begins in darkness. I must lead you through the valley of the shadow of death, for only a journey through shadows will allow us to fully comprehend the beauty of heavenly light. |
Eye of the Oracle (Oracles of Fire, Book 1)
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The great dragon's eyes glowed with bloodred luminescence, and his voice rumbled like distant thunder. "Mardon, the time is short. When will the giants awaken to bring about our final victory?" "Soon, very soon." Standing on the edge of a precipice, Mardon held a shining rope of gold, as taut as a harp string and almost as slender. It stretched across a chasm that lay before him, the canyon path of a magma river far below. A mere stone's throw away, a nebulous figure held to the golden line from another precipice, too far to detect any features of form or face. The barest of glows emanated from the slow-moving river, casting reddish light and illuminating the rutted walls and jagged ceiling of their underground cavern. |
Enoch's Ghost (Oracles of Fire, Book 2)
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"Mardon, I know you don't enjoy being dead, but you must come to grips with reality." From her seat on a flat rock, the lithe woman leaned over a stone table, the only furniture amid a collection of oddly shaped boulders draped by a black sky. Her movements troubled the red flame of a pewter-gray candle embedded in a hardened splash of wax on the table's surface. Laying her hands over the intertwined fingers of the man sitting opposite her, she spoke with a breathy and ominous voice. "If you try to follow your giants to Second Eden, you will be swept into the lake of Fire where you will burn with your father forever. Dead souls such as yourself cannot survive outside of Hades." |
Last of the Nephilim (Oracles of Fire, Book 3)
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Mardon stood at the edge of the precipice and peered into the chasm. The sheer rock faces on each side plunged until they seemed to meet in the apparently infinite depths. Stepping back, he turned to a lady draped in a red cloak, Semiramis, her hood lifted over her auburn locks. "Mother, how do you propose that we descend?" Lowering her hood, Semiramis gazed into the bright sky. "Arramos said he would show us the way during Second Eden's eclipse cycle. Since that eve is upon us, he will fly here soon. He is quite anxious to send us into the world." A crystalline egg orbited Mardon's head, flashing crimson light from within. As it stopped in front of his eyes, tis familiar voice, Sir Devin's voice, penetrated his mind. "Will you trust the instructions of a dragon?" Its eyes, no more than two reddish ovals, blinked. "Arramos is the most devious of the accursed race." |
The Bones of Makaidos (Oracles of Fire, Book 4)
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Oracles of Fire Audio
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